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FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, was given the keys Friday to her new home, which was built on the same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth that her family was driven from by a racist mob when she was 12. Opal Lee, right, gets a hug …

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. “I’m not a person who sheds tears often, but I’ve got a few for this project,” said Lee, who was one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. In recent years, Lee has become known as the …

AUSTIN, Texas — Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol. Lawmakers gave a lengthy standing ovation for Lee, who two years ago stood next to …

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee’s dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized over the summer, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others. “It’s a beginning, and we’re going …

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Hell had come to East Annie Street. I decided He was going to have to catch me.” Four years ago, Lee made headlines for her campaign to make Juneteenth a national holiday, in which she visited towns from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., walking a few miles in each city, and attending Juneteenth festivities along the way. …